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In fact, the more I think about it, I am going to set up the games tonight. If I don't hear from Roanon, Gandalph, Chronon or Deccan by then I will put myself and Tesco in as the Last two seeds. If one of more of them email me or post then I will set them up accordingly.

After I set up the games I will come back here and start a new thread taking names for a random seed bracket. That I can leave open till next week and if any of those guys that missed out for not responding want to play they can join that one.

Geoschmo

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Geo, I'm pretty sure Deccan will be leaving and unavailable for about a month pretty soon. So, I'm not sure his plans would permit him to play. Of course I don't speak for him...but I wouldn't place much reliance on his ability to join up.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">That's good. If they don't reply today they are probably so busy they would slow down the game.

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Also, I certainly don't want to throw a wrench into all the hard work you've done and plans you have made so, as a suggestion for a future "Bash", I'd suggest Swiss System Chess pairing. The good thing about this sort of matching system is that it does the same (nearly) as your NCAA system does in that it seeds people similarly (if 16 people, then 1 plays 9, etc.). After that, all the people who won the round are then paired in order of rank, the list broken in half again with the top half playing the lower half till eventually, all the people who have the most round wins have to play each other. To get a clear tourney winner, 4 rounds (I think) will handle 16-20 people. 5 rounds for 40 people or so. Chess tournements rarely have 7 rounds since 6 rounds handles around 100. So, besides being similar to the bracket type pairing (you start off playing players weaker than you if you are in the top half), it doesn't have any dependancy on a set number of people. With Swiss System pairing, 17 could show up, 27, or 22 or whatever. If an odd number, there is a method for cmputing who gets the "bye".

Anyway, just something to consider for the future "Bashes" (then there wouldn't be any need to set it up for a certain number of people...whoever wanted to enter could enter).

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Okay, here is the final offical Ratings Bash I tournament bracket. I will begin setting up the games shortly. I will assign you to a game and then you just need to upload your empires after touching base with your opponent to see if there will be any non-Koth standard settings.

Check the bracket here.

[ December 10, 2003, 18:42: Message edited by: geoschmo ]

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">This type of bracketing can have byes as well. And I could throw in "Play in games" if I want to make an odd number of players. I prefer the even number though regardless of bracket type. A player with a bye in a chess tourney has to wait, what an hour for a game? With an Se4 tourney it more like a week minimum, and perhaps much longer.

Re: It\'s time for a new Tournament...Ratings Bash I
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">This type of bracketing can have byes as well. And I could throw in "Play in games" if I want to make an odd number of players. I prefer the even number though regardless of bracket type. A player with a bye in a chess tourney has to wait, what an hour for a game? With an Se4 tourney it more like a week minimum, and perhaps much longer. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Well, I don't watch sports, so I'm not aware of all the ins and outs of bracket stuff, it just seems like I always hear in the news about 64, then 32, then the final 16, etc. If there is a way, then that's fine. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

As to a person getting a bye? It's better to be in the tourney and get a bye than to not be in it at all.

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Hey Tesco, we're enemies now, first time ever http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif
In two games I've been your ally but never your enemy so this will be interesting.

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Good luck Tesco, you will need it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif I wish you good luck Geo, I rely on you to defeat Rex (and Parabolize as well I gather) http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

Grazic, it seems like both of us are cursed, as we won't play together for now. I don't know, but there is something that prevents us from being in the same game. Thus I am afraid for the Pairs game. *Smirks*

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Hey, guys, how do you think I feel? I got paired against my best friend. We've been playing for years (PBEM before PBW). He knows me inside out! We discuss strategy all the time as we discuss our games with each other. How do you think it feels to be in a game like that? I think I'd rather play the "Finnish Fiend" http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif